Desk Report: ‘Sand City’, Bangladeshi filmmaker Mahde Hasan’s debut feature film, secured a 8,000-Euro development grant from France’s Centre National du Cinéma in this year’s edition of the Locarno Festival’s Open Doors project, reports Asian Age. The film ‘Sand City’ depicts an unstable element, revealing the life in the ruthless metropolis of Dhaka. It portraits…
Desk Report: Jute harvest is going on in full swing in all the 12 upazilas of the district, reports Financial Express. Growers are also happy over the good market price as the newly-harvested jute has started appearing in the local market. DAE sources said about 50 per cent harvest has already completed and the rest…
The Independent, BD: For the first time in the country, a non-governmental organisation—Sena Kalyan Sangstha (SKS)—is going to set up a one-stop service centre at a government service organisation—the Department of Immigration and Passport (DIP)—to help applicants fill up forms for machine-readable passports (MRPs) without any hassle. As per the request from the DIP, the…
UNB: The admission test for the first year Honours courses under 2018-19 academic session of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet) will be held on October 27. The online application process of the admission will be begin at 10am on September 13 and will continue till 11:59pm on September 23, according to a Kuet…
Desk Report: Farmers of Rajshahi region are now busy with Aman cultivation and expecting good yield in the favourable weather, reports Observer BD. Farmers and the agriculturists said the Aman seedlings are now being planted. The farmers were worried due to the drought, but now they are happy for the rain. Farmers are happy with…
Desk Report: A mobile court in Ghatail upazila seized 16 tonnes of waste from oil used by ships on Wednesday night, reports Daily Star. The waste was kept in 65 drums in a godown at Niribili Market in Ghatail municipal area for selling as rice bran oil after mixing mustard oil with it. The court…
Desk Report: As traffic police continue to check fitness certificates of vehicles and other documents, many bus owners still refrain from running their vehicles on the streets in the capital, causing immense sufferings for the commuters, reports Daily Sun. Besides, CNG-run auto-rickshaws drivers are charging passengers extra fares, cashing in on the shortage of vehicles…
Desk Report: The 94th birth anniversary of master artist SM Sultan was observed yesterday. Several programs had taken at Shishu Swargashala at Masimdia village in Narail, reports Asian Age. Sultan Foundation and the district administration jointly chalked out several programs on the day. The program included Quran Khwani, placing wreaths at the grave of the…
Desk Report: Global tech giants like Facebook and Google are making millions of dollar from Bangladesh as around four crore people of the country are using and generating data for search engines, digital content applications and social networking platforms, reports Daily Sun. “Developing suitable digital content and applications for local users will help prevent the…
UNB: As social media have turned out to be the tools of spreading rumours, media and IT experts think there is a necessity to make people, especially the youngsters, aware about mature digital lifestyle and increase their media literacy. Besides, they said, a strong campaign is needed to be launched to make people understand the…